title: Fatal-mixed cutaneous zygomycosis-aspergillosis: a case report.
abstract: Mucorales and Aspergillus are molds responsible for infections in immunocompromised patients. In this report, we describe a case of a rare extensively mixed cutaneous infection caused by Lichtheimia ramosa, Aspergillus fumigatus and Aspergillus terreus in a neutropenic patient suffering from an acute leukemia. The fatal outcome of this patient can be attributed to its hematologic malignancy, the extensive nature of the lesions and the resistance of the strains to antifungals.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Parasitologie et Mycologie Medicale, CHU de Poitiers, 2 rue de la Miletrie, BP 577, 86021, Poitiers, France, estelle.cateau@chu-poitiers.fr.
authors.forename: Estelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cateau
authors.forename: Edouard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Randriamalala
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Elsendoorn
authors.forename: Jean-Philippe
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Giot
authors.forename: Christophe Monegier
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: du Sorbier
authors.forename: Marie-Helene
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rodier
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001230:Aspergillus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007938:Leukemia / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D009090:Mucorales / Q000302:isolation & purification; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology